Thread-drying frame.



No. 784,868. PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905. J. KNOTT, s11.

THREAD DRYING FRAME.

} APPLICATION FILED NOV.15. 1904.

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PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905.

J. KNOTT, S11.

THREAD DRYING FRAME. APPLICATION rrnnn NOV. 16, 1904.

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um/01, 71 414, 3513 alto m1? UNITED STATES Patented March 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

THREAD-DRYING FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,863, dated March 14, 1905.

Application filed November 15, 1904. Serial No. 232,795-

To all whmn it puny concern:

Beit known that I, J AOOB KNoTT, Sr., aciti- Zen of the United States, and a resident of Paterson, New J ersey, (whose post-office address is 110 North Ninth street, Paterson, New Jersey,)have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Thread-Drying Frames, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to thread drying frames, and is intended to provide means whereby a large number of skeins or hanks of thread may be held in proper position for drying the same and means whereby they may be readily placed in and removed from such position.

It further consists in means for stretching such skeins of thread during the operation of drying and of various combinations and par ticular devices, which will be set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a thread-drying frame embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on the plane 2 2 of Fig. 1.

The rectangular frame 1 consists of sills or floor-plates 11, from which rise four cornerposts 12, connected by longitudinal lintels 13, the two vertical side frames thus formed being held at the proper distance apart by crosspieces 14 and 15, located, respectively, near the upper and lower ends of the vertical posts 12. Framed into the sides of the posts 12 are thrust-blocks or abutments 16, against the bottom of which bear Washers 21 on screws 22, which screws are provided with heads 23, shown as having apertures 24 for the insertion of a barby which they may be turned. Immediately below the head 23 is a collar 17, in which the screw 22 loosely rotates, the shank of the collar 17 being forced into the post- 12, so as to support the screw 22. At each. side of the frame 1 are side bars 3, supported by the screws 22, which have threaded engagement therewith, so that the bar may be raised or lowered by the rotation of the screws. On the sides of the posts 12 beneath the thrust-block 21 is conveniently marked a scale 18, by which the downward movement of the bars 3 may be measured. Extending provided at its upper end with an eye 71 of the form clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings and adapted to loosely support a cross-rod 61, the upper and lower faces of which are semicylindric, while the side faces are reentrant for the purpose of combining rigidity with a minimum contact with the thread. As clearly shown in the drawings, the skcins of thread 8, which may be of any desired textile, are hung upon the upper rod 6, and a similar rod 62 is passed through them. On still another rod 63 a plurality of other skeins is hung, the rods 62 and 63 being connected together by links 9, which may be made of leather belting or the like. Within the second depending row of skeins 8 a similar rod 64 may be placed, which is connected in like manner by bands 9 to a rod 65, which supports a plurality of the skeins, the lower ends of which pass around the rod 61, attached to the lower side bars 3. It is of course understood that although in the drawings three sets of skeins are shown supported one above the other in the manner described, two, four, or any other number of skeins may be so supported, the number depending merely on the convenience of the operator and the height of the room in which the apparatus is placed. For simplicity of illustration I haveshown only a few of the bars 4 as provided with hangers 5 and each of the cross-rods 6, 63, and 65 as supporting a few skeins of the thread to be dried. In practice a large number of skeinstwenty or more" might be hung upon each of the rods 6, 63, and 65 and in turn act to support the rods 62, 64, and 61.

When the frame has been filled to the desired capacity, the screws 22 are rotated by means of a bar or wrench engaged with their heads 23, so as to force down the side bars 3 and bring the desired strain upon the skeins of thread. By means of the scales 18 on the corner-posts 12 the strain may be equally adjusted even by an unskilled operator.

It will be seen that my device provides for the equal stretching not only of the skeins in each set hanging from the same bar, as 6, 63, or 65, and not only those of each set in the same vertical series, but as well all the skeins in each set of each series z'. a, all the skeins in the entire rack may be easily and certainly subjected to precisely the same strain.

It is clear that some parts of my device may be used without others and that lam not limited to the particular arrangement shown or to any particular material.

hat 1 claim is l. A threaddrying frame comprising a framework provided with stationary and movable bars, means for supporting between said bars a plurality of series of skein-supporting and skein-supported rods arranged in vertical planes, each of said rods being adapted to engage with a plurality of skeins, and positive means for increasingthc distance between said bars whereby the skeins on eachof said series of bars may be equally stretched.

2. A thread drying frame comprising a framework consisting of suitably-supported upper and lower side bars, a plurality of crossbars engaging with the upper side bars, hangers in each of said cross-bars, cross-rods in said hangers, a plurality of cross-rods connected to the lower side bars, and positive means for increasing the distance between said upper and lower side bars whereby skeins supported beneath all of said cross-bars may be equally strained.

3. A thread drying frame comprising a framework consisting of suitably-supported upper and lower side bars, a plurality of crossbars engaging with each of the upper side bars,

' equally strained.

for increasing the distance between said upper and lower side bars.

5. A thread drying frame comprising a framework provided with stationary upper and vertically-adjustable lower side bars, a plurality of cross-bars engaging with the upper side bars, hangers in each of said crossbars, cross-rods in said hangers, a plurality of cross-rods connected to the lower side bars, and means for forcing the lower side bar downward.

6. A thread drying frame comprising a framework provided with stationary upper and vertically-adjustable lower side bars, a plurality of cross-bars engaging'with the upper side bars, hangers in each of said cross-bars, cross-rods in said hangers, a plurality-of crossrods connected to the lower side bars, means adjacent each end of the lower side bar for forcing it downward, and a scale adjacent each end of the bar for measuring its downward movement.

'7. In a thread-drying frame, a movable bar and means for moving said bar, comprising a screw engaging said bar adjacent each of its ends, an abutment above said bar against which said screw bears, heads on said screws, and collars on said frame and loosely engaging said screws beneath their heads to support said bar. I

8. In a thread-drying frame, a thread-engaging bar, the lower face of which is curved and the vertical faces of which taper inwardly from said lower face.

9. in a thread-drying frame, a thread-engaging bar, the upper and lower faces of which are curved and the vertical faces of which are reentrant.

in testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB KNOT", Sn. \Vitnesses:

A. K. SCHNEIDER, A. L. (YEMEN. 

